Exactly!! Thank you all! That's how they make me feel ,too. And I thought I might be the only one! I try to do this one about being smart, happy, and successful, but when I wake up in a house with no heat, hearing rats chew on the walls, knowing the best I can do (which is pretty substantial given I do have a full time job) means I'm living in a unheated, rat-infested coal miner's shack, I sure don't feel happy, smart, or successful. That said, I'm a survivor, but...that doesn't sound like an affirmation, huh? Thank God I have a modicum of a sense of humor, and my kitty cat!